Some of Renren's barrages are very interesting. When the heroine loses the game and is in a bad mood, the barrage says, "Sure enough, she is still a woman and is easily affected by her emotions." But when the other male characters in the play feel angry after losing the game, No one in the barrage says that men are easily affected by emotions. In fact, as mentioned in a recent psychology paper, psychologist Helen Thompson Woolley's research found that emotions did not influence women's decisions any more than it did men's.
Therefore, women are not born more "emotional", but society thinks that women should be like this. The "advantage" of men's dominance of the right to speak is reflected in this point: because you are too emotional, you are not suitable for being too rational. Rigorous work; because you are too emotional to have lofty ideals and don't even think about realizing them; blah, blah, blah. But that's not the case at all.
Of course, there are some things that are not in line with reality. When the heroine was growing up, she was almost never confused or confused because of her female identity. She always firmly believed that "people should not pay too much attention to my identity as a woman", "I think no Adam's apple can make me better. Chess Underground". In real life, I, including all the women I know, more or less unconsciously "depreciate" themselves because we were born women. In high school science, there would be a voice saying "Girls have no boys in science. It's amazing." When entering university and stepping into society, she found many opportunities to directly shut out women. They told us that being a teacher, being a civil servant, and applying for public institutions are the best choices for women because these occupations are stable and less stressful. Astrophysicist Jia Liu mentioned in one of her articles that imposter syndrome is common in academia, especially among women and ethnic minorities.
We are always told that we don't need to be the best, but the subtext of this sentence is "you don't have the ability to be the best". Therefore, the heroine has always believed in her ability, pursued the championship she wanted without hesitation, and did not feel frustrated because she was a woman, which is really rare.
As an ordinary woman with mediocre talent, I am very happy to see such film and television works, and I sincerely hope that there will be more such works. We need female idols, whether in literature or in academia; whether it's playing chess or being a pilot. We need different voices to tell us: You are women and you can be your best.
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